Title
A volumetric representation for obstacle detection in vegetated terrain
Abstract
This paper presents a method for 3-D based obstacle detection on autonomous vehicles navigating in vegetated environments. At its core three different methods processing the surrounding occupancy, taken at separate stages and volumetric resolutions, are combined to a reliable and broad solution. Geometric relationships are evaluated at a coarse, yet robust, volumetric representation to form an initial assessment on obstacles. Then, a more careful evaluation takes place, at finer resolutions, to determine which obstacles are part of the scene's vegetation, thus not real obstacles. Field experiments are shown to validate the method's applicability on two different autonomous vehicles: a water surface robot and a terrestrial four-wheeled one.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1109/ROBIO.2014.7090344
Robotics and Biomimetics
Keywords
Field
DocType
collision avoidance,mobile robots,terrain mapping,3D based obstacle detection,autonomous vehicle navigation,geometric relationships,scene vegetation,terrestrial four-wheel robot,vegetated environments,vegetated terrain,volumetric representation,volumetric resolutions,water surface robot
Computer vision,Obstacle,Terrain,Robot kinematics,Artificial intelligence,Engineering,Robot,Laser beams
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.48
18
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
André Lourenço131245.33
Francisco Marques2165.49
Pedro Santana311617.42
José Barata429844.95